pasty-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pasty-faced
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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“We’re waiting. We don’t know why,” said Arsen Mosherghyan, a pasty-faced 18-year-old recruit.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2020
In this riveting staging, instead of employing sets, a roster of actors with pasty-faced makeup and chalky costumes joined hands and made human formations to suggest walls and tables, doubling as choristers.
From New York Times • Aug. 2, 2018
Is Gilbert going to show up at his next charity event with some pasty-faced kid in tow and tell donors, “Hi, I’d like you to meet the star of my eSports team, Pincus McCoy?”
From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2018
That is: the pasty-faced Ronald McDonald versus the mustachioed Burger King locked in a heated cage match.
From US News • Jun. 17, 2016
Two pasty-faced girls walked out of Velia and Delia’s room.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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